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WhatsApp has rushed to roll out a fix

The software update was issued yesterday and all users are being urged to update it

WhatsApp claims to have 1.5 billion users around the world and it released a software update on Monday. ‘NSO would not, or could not, use its technology in its own right to target any person or organisation, including this individual .’

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